Use of Pitzer's equations to determine the media effect on the formation of lead chloro complexes

The spectrophotometric measurements of chloro complexes of lead in aqueous HCl, NaCl, MgCl₂ and CaCl₂ solutions at 25°C have been analyzed using Pitzer's specific interaction equations. Parameters for activity coefficients of the complexes PbCl⁺, PbCl₂⁰ and PbCl₃^? have been determined for the various media. Values of $\text{K}{}_1\text{= 30.0 ± 0.6}$, $\text{K}{}_2\text{= 106.7 ± 2.1}$ and $\text{K}{}_3\text{= 73.0 ± 1.5}$ were obtained for the cumulative formation constants. [$\text{Pb}{}^{\mathrm{2+}}\text{+ nCl}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{→ PbCl}{}_{\mathrm{n}}{}^{\mathrm{2?n}}\text{)}$]. These values are in reasonable agreement with literature data. The Pitzer parameters for the PbCl ion pairs in various media were used to calculate the speciation of Pb²⁺ in an artificial seawater solution.